Joseph, 1797–1878, U.S. physicist.
O., pen name of William Sydney Porter.
Patrick, 1736–99, American patriot, orator, and statesman.
Cape, a cape in SE Virginia at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.
Fort. Fort Henry.
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “home” and “kingdom.”
Joseph. 1797–1878, US physicist. He discovered the principle of electromagnetic induction independently of Faraday and constructed the first electromagnetic motor (1829). He also discovered self-induction and the oscillatory nature of electric discharges (1842)
Patrick. 1736–99, American statesman and orator, a leading opponent of British rule during the War of American Independence
Prince, known as Harry. born 1984, second son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales
First recorded in 1890–95; named after J. Henry
After Benjamin Tyler Henry (1821–98), U.S. inventor who designed it
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From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2014
The jury saw an email from Goodman to colleagues sent on 14 April 2006 which said William and his friends were "upsetting other guests with their braying hooray henry antics".
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2013
The henry is the inductance in a circuit in which the electromotive force induced is 1 volt when the inducing current varies at the rate of 1 ampere per second.
From The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by A. Frederick (Archie Frederick) Collins
"Can it be," I asked, "that you have a brother henry?"
From The Water goats and other troubles by Ellis Parker Butler
But that is more self-inductance than we can stand in most radio circuits, so we find it convenient to measure in smaller units called “mil-henries” which are thousandths of a henry.
From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by John Mills
It’s been 26 years since Iommi’s debut, a self-titled solo album with a roster of guest vocalists including Osbourne, Dave Grohl, Henry Rollins and Pantera’s Philip Anselmo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
The research was led by Henry Daniell of the University of Pennsylvania's School of Dental Medicine.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
But Feyi-Waboso suffered his latest injury in the 32nd minute after the tackle by Bell and was replaced on the wing by Henry Pollock, normally a back row, after half-time.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Henry Feilden published his account of the island’s natural history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
During the last weeks of war, Henry Metelmann and several other German soldiers took refuge in a cellar as the Americans closed in on Speyer, a village in western Germany.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
It would have a resistance at ordinary temperatures of 6,600 ohms, and an inductance of 460 henrys.
From Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy by John Ambrose Fleming
Its formula is Inductive reactance = L ω wherein L is the inductance in henrys and ω is 2 π n, or twice 3.1416 times the frequency.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Kempster Miller
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